9. Akshobhya (or Akshobhya Tirtha)

1300s–1400s

Akshobhya appeared in this world sometime between 1238 and 1317 in Uttara-Karnataka.
Prior to his initiation andsannyasahe
was called Govinda Shastri. Akshobhya was known for successfully refuting
nondualistic Advaita philosophy. In a historic encounter at Mulbagal,
Karnataka, he defeated in debate Vidyaranya, a scholar and descendant in the
Advaita line of Sankaracharya, the most important exponent of the Advaita
Vedanta school. Akshobhya Tirtha left the world in 1365.